Take Me Away (Culture Beat song)

"Take Me Away"
Single by Culture Beat
from the album Inside Out
B-side Hamana
Released June 14, 1996
Format CD single
CD maxi
Recorded 1995
Genre Eurodance
Length Radio Edit: 3:55
Extended Version: 6:59
Writer(s) Cyborg
Jay Supreme
Jörg Wagner DJ
Vernon
Producer Cyborg (Tracks: 1,2,3,4,5,6)
Nino Tielman, Peter Gräber (Track: 7)
Culture Beat singles chronology
"Crying in the Rain"
(1996)		 "Take Me Away"
(1996)		 "Walk the Same Line"
(1996)
Alternative cover
CD-Maxi - Remixes

"Take Me Away" is the title of a song recorded by the German eurodance band Culture Beat. It was released in June 1996 as the third single from their third studio album Inside Out. A CD maxi with new remixes was also available, but it was marketed at the same time as the other media

The song was a hit in many countries, particularly in Finland where it reached number 6.

Contents

Critical reception

Shawnee Smith, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while the song "hasn't moved far beyond that formula [of "Mr. Vain"]", lead singer Tania Evans is "quite the charmer, and producer/writer Cyborg has a way with hooks that is hard to resist."[1]

Track listings

CD Maxi-single (Europe, 1996)
  1. "Take Me Away" (Radio Edit) - 3:55
  2. "Take Me Away" (Extended Mix) - 6:59
  3. "Take Me Away" (Doom Mix) - 6:02
  4. "Take Me Away" (Sweetbox Hotpants Mix) - 6:02
    • Remixed By: Geo
  5. "Take Me Away" (Aboria Euro Mix) - 6:11
    • Remixed By: Nino Tielman*, Peter Gräber
  6. "Take Me Away" (Special A Capella Version (Not Normal Mix)) - 3:23
    • Remixed By: Frank Bülow, Nino Tielman, Peter Gräber, Peter Ries
  7. "Hamana" - 5:21
CD Maxi-single - Remix (Germany, 1996)
  1. "Take Me Away" (M'N'S Gazelled Up Mix) - 7:37
    • Remixed By: Movers'n'Shakers
  2. "Take Me Away" (M'N'S Full On Vocal Mix) - 6:59
    • Remixed By: Movers'n'Shakers
  3. "Take Me Away" (GEDO Mix) - 6:16
    • Mixed By: Cyborg
  4. "Take Me Away" (Doug Laurent Mix) - 6:10
    • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
  5. "Take Me Away" (Tokapi's House Of Summer Mix) - 5:37
    • Remixed By: Tokapi
  6. "Take Me Away" (Hard To Be Hip Mix) - 5:57
    • Remixed By: Erik Trinkaus
CD Maxi-single (USA, 1997)
  1. "Take Me Away" (Radio Edit) - 3:37
  2. "Take Me Away" (Aboria Euro Radio) - 3:41
  3. "Take Me Away" (Sweetbox Hotpants Radio Edit) - 3:33
  4. "Take Me Away" (Extended Mix) - 6:55
  5. "Take Me Away" (Aboria Euro Mix) - 6:07
  6. "Take Me Away" (Sweetbox Hotpants Mix) - 5:58
  7. "Take Me Away" (M'N's Gazelled Up Mix) - 7:21
  8. "Take Me Away" (Doug Laurent Mix) - 6:07

Charts

Chart Peak
position[2]
Austrian Singles Chart 39
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 15
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 28
Canadian RPM Dance Chart 4
Dutch Singles Chart 48
Finnish Singles Chart 6
Swedish Singles Chart 24
Swiss Singles Chart 33
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 7

References

  1. ^ Billboard, March 22, 1997. Page 82
  2. ^ "Take Me Away", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
Culture Beat
Albums
Singles
"Mr. Vain" · "Got to Get It" · "Anything" · "World in Your Hands" · "Inside Out" · "Take Me Away"